Let me remind you that in 2012 William Lowell Putnam Competition takesplace in USA and Canada today on Saturday, 1 December 2012. It isrunning from 10:00 a.m. GMT-4 in Atlantic zone till 4:00 p.m. GMT-10in Hawaii zone. Also some students may take exams on Sunday because ofreligious restrictions.

Also we are going to organize (unofficially) a local competition inour university in Ukraine by the problems from Putnam Competition 2012on Sunday, 2 December 2012. (The day of Saturday in USA and Canada isthe night from Saturday to Sunday in Ukraine.) We would like to startat 10:00 a.m GMT+2 (3:00 a.m. EST, 0:00 a.m. PST) and finish at 5:00p.m. GMT+2 (10:00 a.m. EST, 7:00 a.m. PST).

So like previous years let me ask you _NOT TO PUBLISH_ and _NOT TODISCUSS_ Putnam problems at least untill that time.